What's new in muCommander v0.8.2 ?

v0.8.2 [Apr 16, 2008] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- New 'Calculate checksum' feature added to the 'File' menu (mapped onto Shift+Alt+K by default) which calculates the checksum of selected files and writes them to a file in a standard format. The following checksum algorithms are provided: Alder32, CRC32, MD2, MD4, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512.
- New 'Verify data integrity' transfer option that ensures that the files are strictly identical on the source and destination after being transferred. This option slows down transfers significantly but can prevent data loss on unreliable mediums.
- Files can be marked/unmarked using a Regexp.
- Added 'Owner' and 'Group' columns (disabled by default). The owner and group information is available on FTP and SFTP folders and some TAR archives.
- Custom look&feels can now be imported from the preferences dialog.
- New 'Mark selection' feature (mapped onto Shift+Add by default) that lets users mark all files whose extension match that of the current selection.
- New 'Open in other panel' feature (mapped onto Shift+Alt+ENTER by default) that opens the current selection in the other panel.
- New 'Open in both panels' and 'Go to parent in both panels' features (mapped onto Meta+Enter and Meta+Backspace by default) that open browsable files with a similar name in both panels.
- 'Mkfile' can now allocate space to the newly created file.
- New 'Rename' option added to file operations, allowing files that already exist in the destination to be renamed (contributed by Mariusz Jakubowski).
- Windows: 'Delete' now moves files to the Recycle Bin by default.
- Windows: the Recycle Bin can be opened and emptied from the status bar.

Improvements:
- Significantly improved the throughput of FTP uploads.
- Significantly improved the throughput of transfers into Zip files.
- Added an 'Explore bookmarks' item to the 'Bookmarks' menu.
- Job confirmation dialogs show the list of files to be processed.
- All OK/cancel choices can be navigated with the arrow keys.
- Added keyboard shortcuts to 'Change date' and 'Change permissions' actions (Shift+Alt+D and Shift+Alt+P resp.).
- Visual enhancements made to the main window under Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
- Improved file loading in the internal viewers and editors.
- File encoding can now be changed in the internal text viewer and editor.
- HTTPS connections can now be established even if the SSL certificate is not trusted.
- Added a dedicated icon for the root of remote locations.
- jCIFS library upgraded to version 1.2.18e.
- J2SSH library upgraded to version 0.2.9.
- Commons-net library upgraded to version 1.5.0 (svn snapshot).

Localization:
- Japanese translation contributed by Nardog.
- Swedish translation contributed by Jakob Ekström.

Bug fixes:
- SMB passwords that contain '@' characters are now properly handled.
- Fixed a bug that occurred when sorting the folder pane by an invisible column or when hiding the current column. This bug would leave the folder pane in an inconsistent sort order and could prevent the application from restarting.
- Fixed a bug affecting custom associations.
- Fixed a regression affecting the opening of files on non-local filesystems.
- Fixed an issue with the drive button which would sometimes change the folder on the opposite panel.
- A proper error message is displayed when trying to open Zip files with an unsupported compression method (e.g. IMPLODED or LZMA).
- When multiple double-clicks were issues on the table, only the first one was taken into account.
- Fixed an issue under Linux causing the muCommander icon to sometimes stay in the system tray after the application had quit.
- Security fix: credentials.xml is no longer readable by 'group' and 'other' under UNIX-based systems.
- Mac OS X: fixed the 'Empty trash' option which would sometimes be enabled when the trash was empty.
- Fixed an encoding issue affecting SFTP filenames on some platforms.
- Fixed a bug in the text viewer and editor which prevented certain files from being opened.
- Fixed a regression which prevented UNC paths from being listed properly (Bug #7).
- Fixed system file icons which did not show the symlink indication for non-local files (on all platforms), and for local files under Mac OS X 10.5.
- Fixed password changes not properly taken into account (Bug #10).
- Main menus can now be selected using their mnemonic (Bug #13).
- Fixed a couple issues with 'Swap folders' (Bug #21).
- A warning is now displayed when attempting to view or edit binary files (Bug #20).
- Symbolic links can now be viewed/edited (Bug #24).
- Fixed potential 'No disk' error dialogs showing up under Windows (Bug #25).
- Sort order (ascending/descending) of the 'Name' column was inconsistent with that other columns. 'ascending' order has also been made the default for all columns.
- Fixed 'Swap folders' not preserving the 'Show folders first' view options. - Zip compression is now more efficient in terms of memory and CPU usage (Bug #29).
- Fixed an issue with 'Pack files' when creating a Zip archive that already exists in the destination (Bug #30).
- FTP files whose group name contains spaces are now properly displayed (Bug #32).
- On some FTP servers, FTP directories containing space characters could not be listed (http://www.mucommander.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=714).

Known issues:
- Korean, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian and Slovak translations are not up-to-date.
- SFTP support not available under Java 1.4, requires Java 1.5 or higher.
- Executable permissions are not preserved properly for local files prior to Java 1.6.
- SMB support may not work properly on non multi-language JRE.
- Access to public SMB shares require credentials.
- 'Copy files to clipboard' not working with some applications (files are not pasted).
- Mac OS X : 'Sort by' keyboard shortcuts in menu show Command modifier instead of Ctrl, OS X's keyboard navigation shortcuts must be disabled in 'System Preferences' for them to work properly.
- Mac OS X : text fields don't work correctly when using a fractionally-scaled font (known Java bug, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2005/May/msg00670.html).
- Editable combo boxes have keyboard navigation issues under Java 1.6.
- The bookmark file system doesn't allow users to specify which credentials they wish to use when selecting a bookmark that needs authentification, it will default to the first in the list.
- Authentication issues when using several sets of credentials (login/password) on the same server.
- Untrusted HTTPS connections are allowed without a warning.

History

v0.8.2 [Nov 28, 2007] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- New bookmark:// filesystem, mapped onto the alt+B shortcut by default.

Improvements:
- Non-automatic sizing of columns is now working properly and preserved in the configuration.
- Columns order, sort and visibility are now preserved in the configuration.
- Editors and viewers are now centered on the current window rather than set to the upper-left corner of the screen.
- Shell encoding is now auto-detected by default, unless a specific encoding is set in the preferences.
- Simplified and extended the theme editor, with new 'selection outline' and 'alternate background' values. A new 'Striped' theme has been added to show these effects off.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for the items in the drive popup button.
- Windows: drives in the drive popup button now show extended names.
- Bzip2 read-access speed substantially improved.
- Improved icon representation of symbolic links.
- 'Delete' dialog now shows the list of file to be deleted (contributed by Alejandro Scandroli).
- New 'Find' functionality added to the text viewer and editor (contributed by Mariusz Jakubowski).
- command keyword substitution now applies to marked files as well as the current selection.
- Quit confirmation dialog now shows the number of open windows and asks for confirmation when the last window is closed.

Localization:

Bug fixes:
- Fixed KDE detection when the Gnome libraries are installed.
- Fixed random display issues after changing the folder panel's font.
- Fixed theme color choosers not displaying the right font in their preview.
- Fixed incorrectly reported total and free space information under Unix-based platforms when the mount point of the volume would contain space characters.
- Fixed quicksearch refresh issue when the 'unmatched' background and regular background were the same.
- Fixed editable combo-boxes not reacting well to font change.
- Fixed folder panel borders failing to refresh properly when their color was changed.
- Fixed "Download or browse" dialog that appeared twice when opening HTTP files.
- Fixed issues with opening some bzip2 archives.
- A single click on the current row of the inactive table can no longer trigger the filename/date/permission editor.
- Fixed issues when exploring the SMB 'network neighborhood' (smb://).
- Fixed symlinks to directories not properly handled on SFTP shares.
- Fixed rendering issues with column headers under Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

Known issues:
- Korean translation is not up-to-date.
- Executable permissions are not preserved properly for local files prior to Java 1.6.
- SMB support may not work properly on non multi-language JRE.
- 'Copy files to clipboard' not working with some applications (files are not pasted).
- Mac OS X : 'Sort by' keyboard shortcuts in menu show Command modifier instead of Ctrl, OS X's keyboard navigation shortcuts must be disabled in 'System Preferences' for them to work properly.
- Mac OS X : text fields don't work correctly when using a fractionally-scaled font (known Java bug, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2005/May/msg00670.html).
- Editable combo boxes have keyboard navigation issues under Java 1.6.
- The bookmark file system doesn't allow users to specify which credentials they wish to use when selecting a bookmark that needs authentification, it will default to the first in the list.
- Authentication issues when using several sets of credentials (login/password) on the same server.

v0.8 [Sep 25, 2007] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Added 'Use system file icons' option to 'Appearance' preferences, allowing to display file icons as they are displayed on the system's desktop
- Added 'Show folders first' option to 'View' menu, allowing to control whether folders are displayed first (default) or mixed with regular files
- System notifications (Growl under Mac OS X, System tray under other platforms) are sent when transfers are complete or an error has occurred
- Added support for the NFS protocol - New 'Follow symlinks when changing current directory' option in the preferences
- New and improved theme editor, now allows to edit all theme attributes and to manage themes
- Mac OS X and KDE: 'Delete' can now move files to the system's trash (enabled by default), and open or empty the trash
- Zip files can now be modified 'on-the-fly' as if they were regular directories (on local and SMB filesystems)
- Smart encoding detection used for Zip files, text viewer and editor
- muCommander is now free software, licensed under the GNU GPL v3

Improvements:
- Added 'Go to' buttons to 'Edit bookmarks', 'Edit credentials' and 'Show open connections' dialogs to go to the selected location
- Added 'Show seconds' and 'Show century' options to 'Date & time' preferences, to show seconds/century in file dates
- FTP encoding can now be specified in the 'Connect to server' dialog ; connection properties are saved with credentials
- Updated Ant Tar and Bzip2 libraries to version 1.7.0
- Added 'share' field to 'Connect to server' SMB panel
- Added 'Open with' item to 'File' menu
- 'Copy' is now the default action instead of 'Move' for drag-and-drop within muCommander
- Improved keyboard accessibility of 'File collision' and 'Transfer progress' dialogs
- Added 'Bring all to front' item to 'Window' menu
- Improved UI responsiveness on slow filesystems
- Added icons to language preferences
- Delete dialog warns more explicitly about the consequences of deleting files permanently
- Added folder icons to drive button and its popup menu
- Quick search now dims the non-matching files
- Improved Zip performance: up to 15x speed increase when extracting Zip files
- Added Control+Backspace shortcut to 'Go to root' action
- Filename in Mkdir/Mkfile dialog now defaults to currently selected filename

Localization:
- Korean translation contributed by Jioh L. Jung
- Brazilian Portuguese translation contributed by Cristiano Duarte
- Dutch translation contributed by Pieter Kristensen
- Slovak translation contributed by Ján Ľudvík
- British English translation contributed by Jonathan Murphy

Bug fixes:
- FTP filenames containing extended characters are now properly handled if the proper encoding is specified when the connection is created
- HTTP files can now be properly archived
- Windows can now be properly recalled when they are minimized
- Fixed individual file progress and transfer speed not showing when moving files between different drives under Windows
- Fixed slow startup and directory access times that could occur under Windows when network drives are present but unreachable
- Fixed issues with local folders under Windows that would occur when a path with a trailing space was entered in the location field
- Fixed some flickering that would randomly occur while changing the current folder
- Fixed improper handling of custom-defined mappings in action_keymap.xml file

Known issues:
- Italian, Korean and Polish translations are not up-to-date
- Executable permissions are not preserved properly for local files prior to Java 1.6
- Some BZ2 archives can not be properly opened
- SMB support may not work properly on non multi-language JRE
- 'Copy files to clipboard' not working with some applications (files are not pasted)
- Mac OS X : 'Sort by' keyboard shortcuts in menu show Command modifier instead of Ctrl, OS X's keyboard navigation shortcuts must be disabled in 'System Preferences' for them to work properly
- Mac OS X : text fields don't work correctly when using a fractionally-scaled font (known Java bug)
- Editable combo boxes have keyboard navigation issues under Java 1.6

v0.8 beta3 [Mar 8, 2007] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Keyboard shortcuts, toolbar and command bar buttons can now be customized (no GUI yet, see .xml files in preferences folder)
- New theme engine with predefined themes allowing more customization options (GUI not updated yet)
- Custom file opener and file associations (no GUI yet)
- Drag and Drop support: files can be copied or moved to and from muCommander windows and other applications, current folder can be changed by dropping a file or folder on the location field
- Clipboard support: files can be copied and pasted to/from the clipboard (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V by default), works with other applications
- New quick search with visual feedback, editable search string, jump to next/previous matches and ability to cancel it
- Connection pooling (SFTP,FTP) and automatic disconnection after timeout, active connections can be listed and closed (Shift+Ctrl+K by default)
- New file transfer progress window with 'Pause'/'Resume', 'Skip' current file and speed limit options, current/total remaining time, elapsed time, current speed and speed graph, and option to leave the window open when finished
- Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2 archives can now be created
- Read support for ISO and NRG images over local and SMB filesystems (contributed by Xavier Martin)
- Read/write support for Bzip2 archives (.bz2, .tbz2, .tar.bz2 extensions)
- Read support for AR and Debian archives, GNU and BSD variants supported (.ar, .deb extensions)
- Read support for LST catalog files
- Support for HTTP Basic Authentication
- Bonjour/Zeroconf services discovery
- New permissions column in table, sort by permissions option
- File permissions are properly preserved during transfers (Java 1.6 required for local files)
- New 'Change permissions' and 'Change date' dialogs
- 'Run command' is now interactive, allows shell customization, quick recall of previous commands, color customization, uses the customisable shell to parse commands.
- Command line options
- Ability to execute remote or archive entries files: these are copied to a temporary local directory and executed
- Location combo box now allows to quickly recall parent folders
- Icons magnification option for toolbar, command bar and files
- New credentials management: authentication dialog allows to choose between credentials matching a location, persistent credentials can be edited using the 'Edit credentials' dialog, passwords are (weakly) encrypted when stored to disk
- New and improved 'Edit bookmarks' dialog
- New 'Go' menu
- New 'Copy name(s)' and 'Copy path(s)' actions to copy marked files names / paths (Alt+C / Shift+Alt+C by default)
- New 'Mkfile' action (Shift+F7 by default)
- New 'Mark page up/page down' action (Shift+Page Up/Shift+Page Down by default)
- New 'Mark up to first/last row' action (Shift+Home/Shift+End by default)
- New 'Split horizontally', 'Split vertically', 'Split equally' actions in 'Window' menu
- Added show/hide columns to 'View' menu
- 'Reveal in desktop' now available for Windows, KDE, GNOME (on top of Mac OS X)
- Ability to open files with native file associations under KDE and GNOME
- Ability to open URLs under KDE and GNOME
- 'Show .DS_Store files' option under Mac OS X
- 'Show system folders' option under Mac OS X
- 'Change current location' keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+G by default)
- 'Reveal in desktop' keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+L by default)
- New file icons for Mac OS X and Windows executables, libraries, Java, Powerpoint and Visual studio files
- New toolbar icon for 'Reveal in desktop'
- New 'Report a bug' item in 'Help' menu
- Windows: new mucommander.exe launcher replacing both mucommander.bat and mucommander.jar

Improvements:
- Major code cleanup before source code release
- Improved file handling performance, especially under Windows
- Optimized handling of Zip and Tar archives which can now be accessed much faster
- Faster table rendering
- Toolbar and command bar now contextually show whether the action can be triggered or not
- Free/total volume space now automatically refreshes (every 60 seconds)
- Status bar shows a graphical representation of the amount of free space on the current volume (where available)
- 'File collision' dialog improved, attempts to transfer a folder to one of its subfolders are now detected
- KB/MB/GB/TB are now calculated accurately by multiples of 1024 instead of 1000
- Decimal and thousands separators are now localized
- Environment variables are now retained when using 'Run command'
- In-table file renaming now used everywhere instead of 'Rename' dialog
- In-table file renaming must now to be validated by ENTER for safety reasons
- 'Quit' action with confirmation dialog added for platforms other than OS X (Ctrl+Q by default)
- Right-click menu reworked, added 'Copy name(s)' / 'Copy path(s)' actions
- Improved Windows launcher
- Splash screen shows loading progress
- Currently selected file is displayed in a different color (configurable) when focus is out of the file table or application
- 'Go back' and 'Go forward' toolbar buttons display a list of back/forward folders when the mouse button is held down
- Left/Right keyboard shortcuts added for 'Go to parent' and 'Open' (customizable)
- Window number displayed in title if more than one window is opened
- Marking/unmarking stops when mark key is kept pressed and last file is reached
- Mark key on '..' now selects next file instead of doing nothing
- Shortcuts dialog uses tabs to show shortcut topics
- Bookmark and root folder names can be entered in the location field to change the current folder
- Location field now allows to correct paths that have failed or have been cancelled
- 'Local copy' dialog now selects filename without extension just like 'Rename'
- Added 'Open', 'Open natively' and 'Reveal in Desktop' actions to 'File' menu
- Added 'Copy name(s)' / 'Copy path(s)' actions to 'Mark' menu
- Added 'Recall previous/next window' actions to 'Window' menu
- Folder pane divider can now be double-clicked to restore an equal split
- Preference tabs now have icons, layout improved a bit
- View and Editor windows now have icons
- New font preview field to 'Appearance' preferences tab
- New ascending / descending icons in sort tabs
- New about screen
- New extensions associated with Zip archives: .war, .wal, .wmz, .xpi, .ear, .sar, .odt, .ods, .odp, .odf, .odg
- SMB performance improved when changing folders
- Root folders of SMB shares now have a parent (smb://) to more easily browse workgroups/shares
- SMB resources that are not browsable (printers, IPC...) are not displayed
- SMB library (jCIFS) upgraded to version 1.2.13 which includes many bug fixes
- Mac OS X: disabled progress bar animation in file transfer progress dialog which hogged CPU unnecessarily
- Mac OS X: new 'Universal Binary' application stub, muCommander no longer uses Rosetta to start up
- New muCommander icon (thanks to Stefano Perelli) and splash logo
- Shell management: users can now choose the encoding used by their shell of choice.

Localization:
- Romanian translation (contributed by Catalin Hritcu)
- Italian translation (contributed by Roberto Angeletti)

Bug fixes:
- Fixed SFTP connections which could not be established to some servers not supporting the 'password' authentication method
- Windows UNC network paths (those starting with \\) are now properly handled, fixing startup problems under Windows if the user home is located on a network share
- Paths to archive entries can now be properly resolved when entered in the location field
- Paths to SMB folders entered in the location field do not need to end with '/' anymore
- Improved focus management, fixing some previous focus issues
- Fixed drive popup which doesn't immediately reflect bookmark changes
- Fixed .GZ files not opened when extension is upper-cased
- GZ files inside Tar archives can now be properly opened
- Archive entries properly refreshed when an archive is being browsed and the archive file has changed
- Fixed archive file staying locked when creation was interrupted because of an error
- Fixed 'Sort by date'/'Sort by size' not properly sorting files that have the same date or size, these are now sorted by name
- Preferences XML file now properly indented
- Removed Preferences from 'File' menu under Mac OS X (already present in the Apple menu)
- Fixed same directory which could be added several times in a row to history
- Fixed HTTP errors and redirections not handled properly when browsing a website
- Fixed improper error message when trying to create a file in an HTTP folder
- Fixed drive button shrinking when browsing a folder with a long path
- Email addresses can now be used as passwords
- Fixed FTP overwrite problem which would cause the destination file to be renamed to filename.1
- Fixed a bug in menu bar which could prevent some shortcuts from working properly
- Added missing keyboard shortcut to 'Go to parent' menu item
- Fixed a display bug which could lead to both panes showing a selected file
- Fixed annoyance with drive popup under Mac OS X which redirected startup partition to /Volumes/PartitionName instead of /
- Fixed muCommander cancelling Mac OS X shutdown / restart / logout
- Fixed file editor not asking for save when quitting muCommander under OS X
- Files/folders with extended characters can now properly be executed/revealed under Mac OS X (was caused by a bug in the Java 1.5 runtime)
- Fixed folders failing to display when a filename contains a backslash under a forward slash-separated system (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed volume space indicator not showing anything in certain local folders (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed renamed file loses selection after renaming (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed marked files not properly retained when changing sort order (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed top-level directories which could not be created in sub-directories (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed handling of files containing leading or trailing white space characters (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed issue with filenames containing a '?' character (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed 'Edit bookmarks' changes not taken into account under certain conditions (since beta1)
- Fixed in-table renaming which could stop working under certain conditions (since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed total/free space not displayed for some locally mounted volumes(since 0.8 beta1)
- Fixed newly created folders not selected (since 0.8 beta2)
- Fixed user-defined font not properly taken into account (since 0.8 beta2)
- Fixed a repaint bug which could cause the folder pane display to be corrupted (since 0.8 beta2)

v0.8 beta2 [Feb 23, 2006] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- New icon set for toolbar and command bar
- New column that shows file type icons and allows to sort by extension
- New toolbar shortcuts: 'Add bookmark', 'Edit bookmarks', 'Stop'
- Drives system icons now displayed in the drive selection menu under Windows
- Simplified Chinese translation by Woodie
- Slovenian translation by Joze Kovacic

Improvements:
- Major performance improvements
- Improved behavior of right-click folder popup menus over beta1
- Choice buttons for 'Delete', 'Quit' and 'New version available' can now be selected with arrow keys
- Command bar and status bar now have a right-click popup menu to hide them
- Bookmarks are now located before server shortcuts in drive selection menu
- Added a checkbox in new version dialog to disable check on startup
- Moved 'Check for new versions on startup' option to the 'Misc' preferences panel
- Commons Net FTP library upgraded to version 1.4.1

Bug fixes:
- Restored compatibility for Java 1.3 broken in beta1 (Note: SFTP not available under Java 1.3)
- Fixed 'Drive not ready' Windows problem when last drive before app shutdown was a CD/floppy drive
- Fixed character encoding issues in bookmarks and preferences files
- Fixed 'Reveal in Finder' not working for regular files in beta1
- Fixed some unwanted blinkings when changing current folder in beta1
- Fixed unhandled error in beta1 when an empty folder was entered in location field
- Fixed status bar not being refreshed under some rare circumstances

Known issues:
- Incomplete Czech, German and Hungarian translations (new 0.8 features untranslated)
- SFTP unavailble under Java 1.3
- Mac OS X-specific files not copied properly
- Image viewer doesn't free up memory properly under Mac OS X
- Slow TAR and Zip extraction for small files because extraction is not performed sequentially
- Pipe '|' and other shell operators cannot be used in 'Run Command'

v0.8 beta1 [Dec 26, 2005] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- SFTP support added
- Bookmarks: can be added/edited to remember locations
- Columns' width auto-adjust to maximize filename column's size
- Changing a folder no longer locks the application and can be cancelled by pressing 'Escape'
- Status bar shows free and total volume space (on certain filesystems/platforms only)
- Right-click contextual menu on files and folders
- Location field shows progress when connecting to a folder
- Files can now renamed directly in the table by clicking on the filename
- Traditional Chinese translation by Kent Hsu
- Polish translation by Andrzej Kosiński
- Hungarian translation by Tamás Balogh-Walder
- Russian translation by XXXX Pro

Improvements:
- New file table spacing
- 'Size' and 'Date' columns are now right-justified for clarity
- Location field shows progress when changing current folder
- Dates are preserved when copying/moving a file (except when writing to an SMB or FTP folder)
- Date separator can now be customized in preferences
- Marked color is also used for selected and marked files (selected color only was formerly used)
- Improved hidden files detection for some filesystems: files starting with '.' are considered as hidden
- 'Connect to server' dialog now uses tabs instead of a combo box
- Improved location field behavior : no longer loses entered path when focus is lost
- Custom date format is now used in 'File already exists' dialog
- jCIFS library (SMB) upgraded to version 1.2.7
- Commons Net library (FTP) upgraded to version 1.4.0

Bug fixes:
- Fixed 'Enter' key not working properly in drive selection menu under Windows
- Fixed 'Refresh' button keeping focus after being clicked
- Fixed file renaming not working properly with archive files over FTP and SMB
- Archive files are now resumed correctly when downloaded
- Fixed wrong sort order icon for reordered columns
- FTP: improved FTP reconnection
- FTP: fixed duplicate '.' and '..' files which happened with some FTP servers
- Email files: fixed folders not being handled properly since v0.7

v0.7.1 [Oct 26, 2004] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- TAR, GZip, TGZ archives support (read-only for now)
- German translation by Tony Klüver and Frank Berger
- Spanish translation by Marcos Cobeña
- Czech translation by Peter Vasko

Improvements:
- Improved internal file attributes caching mechanism to lower CPU and memory usage
- Control+C / Command+C now copies filename only instead of entire row information
- File download dialog now contains opposite panel's path
- Increased maximum size of some dialogs to accommodate new languages

Bug fixes:
- Archive files over HTTP now correctly handled
- FTP Passive mode not turned on when entering an FTP URL in location text field
- Fixed a bug in HTTP/HTML folders causing some files to be unaccessible
- Fixed automatic folder refresh hogging CPU unnecessarily
- Fixed a bug under Mac OS X which prevented preferences to be written when a preferences file from v0.5 was found

v0.7 [Oct 2, 2004] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Localized interface, available in English and French
- FTP support
- Browse websites as folders to easily locate and download files
- HTTP/HTTPS file download with resuming
- Status bar which displays number and combined size of selected files
- Re-authentication mechanism when trying to access a folder without sufficient privileges
- GIF/JPEG/PNG image viewer
- Choice of a default action for copy/move/delete operations when a file exist in destination

Improvements:
- Overall application performance and stability improved
- Better windows focus management
- Increased SMB performance
- Window location and dimension automatically saved after quit
- jCIFS library updated to version 1.1.0
- Added shortcuts to user home, network connections, /etc/fstab (unix) and /Volumes (Mac OS X) in drive button
- All dialogs can now be closed with escape key
- Improved progress bar, takes into account current file's progress in total
- New 'Go to parent' toolbar button and menu item
- Layout of main window reworked
- Improved properties window (faster and now displays progress)
- 'Hide command bar' option
- Removed 'Show toolbar on startup option', toolbar status is now automatically saved (same goes for command and status bars)
- More accurate error messages and 'retry' option when copying or moving files fails
- Real 'resume' file option
- Dialogs are now properly centered when they show up
- Tooltips for command bar buttons
- Command bar buttons now blink when triggered with F3-F10
- Main window is maximized on first launch (works betten under Java 1.4 than 1.3)
- User now regains control faster after interrupting a file operation
- Sender information now appears in 'email files' dialog
- When renaming a file, filename without its extension is selected
- Toolbar icons reworked
- Application code has undergone a major rewrite

Bug fixes:
- Fixed a deadlock which sometimes occurred while refreshing a folder
- Application no longer hangs while waiting for an unavailable SMB folder
- Symbolic links to ZIP or JAR files are now handled correctly
- Fixed a bug when moving a folder to a folder containing a folder with the same name
- Fixed minor focus problem with drive button (focus would not be released)
- Fixed minor bug in location field which would not always reflect current folder's path

Mac OS X:
- Screen menu bar enabled
- Brushed metal look and feel (requires Java 1.4.2 update 1)
- Standard 'Preferences', 'About' and 'Quit' menu items
- Quit confirmation dialog
- Command+W closes windows

v0.6 [Jan 10, 2004] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Send files as email attachments [ctrl+S]
- 'File -> Run command' to run a command in local directory [ctrl+R]
- Symbolic links support: special color and specific handling during file operations
- Automatic refresh when folder's content has changed
- New progress bar with more information and improved refresh rate
- Option to hide toolbar
- Option to display file size in a compact way
- [shift+F6] renames selected file
- [shift+F5] copies selected file to local directory
- Mac OS X : 'About', 'Preferences' and 'Quit' menu items, dirty window indication in text editor
- 'Apply' button in preferences dialog
- New logo :)

Improvements:
- Reworked all windows and dialogs for a cleaner and roomier layout
- Increased file access performance
- jCIFS library (for SMB support) updated to 0.7.15
- Improved Properties dialog refresh rate
- Keyboard shortcuts added to toolbar tooltips
- Sound beep on question dialogs
- Improved toolbar icons management
- Mac OS X : preferences file moved to ~/Library/Preferences/mucommander instead of ~/.mucommander/ (backwards compatible)
- Redesigned sort headers
- Optimized 'About' dialog
- 'Quit' button and menu item renamed to 'Close' and 'Close window' [F10]

Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug when moving files and canceling, file currently being moved would be deleted
- Fixed a memory leak caused by mucommander windows not releasing all resources when closed
- Fixed bug which occurred when 'show hidden files' option was disabled and caused the application to fail on certain folders
- Fixed bug when copying a folder to a folder containing a folder with the same, copied folder would get nested (reported by Pixel)
- Fixed annoying delay on startup when last folder was an SMB share
- Fixed minor bug in question dialogs which sometimes led to an extra row of buttons
- Fixed bug when copying files and canceling, current file was unselected even though file/folder was not completely copied
- '..' date used to be that current folder's parent instead of being current folder's
- Fixed cryptic error message when a folder could not be created during a Copy/Move file operation

v0.5 [Dec 31, 2002] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Look-and-Feel, font, colors, time/date format and startup folders can now be configured
- Option to show/hide hidden files
- Sort files by extension
- Compare directories: marks files that are missing from a directory or that are newer
- Links to the muCommander homepage & forums (Windows & Mac OS X only)

Improvements:
- Current sort criteria is now indicated in view menu
- Shift+enter forces native association even for folders
- jCIFS library (for SMB support) updated to v0.6.7
- File selection dialog can now select files whose filename either contains, starts with or ends with a given keyword
- Buttons in dialogs are now all of the same size

Bug fixes:
- Fixed weird behavior when manipulating files that have been changed since they were last refreshed
- Fixed several bugs in the file selection dialog
- Fixed a bug which caused files to no longer be marked after F9/Refresh
- Fixed a bug in copy/move operation: 'cancel' did not stop current file to be copied/moved
- Fixed a bug which crashed the app when accessing a remote SMB file whose filename contains a '@' symbol
- Fixed a rare bug which occurred when trying to access an unreachable SMB folder and resulted in the app to display the full parent folder's path (including login and password) instead of '..'

v0.4 [Aug 22, 2002] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- SMB support : 'File->Connect to Server' to browse a remote SMB server (thanks to jCIFS)
- Add to zip: mark files and select 'File->Zip'
- Batch-unzip: mark .zip files and select 'File->Unzip'

Improvements:
- default 'enter' button in dialogs
- Arrow keys to navigate through dialog choice
- Button shortcuts in dialogs do not require pressing ALT anymore
- All dialogs can be closed with ESC
- Files can be marked with Shift+UP/DOWN, Shift+Left-click and CTRL+Right-click
- Shift+ENTER forces native file association
- Initial folders are now set to current drive (Win32) or '/' (Unix) and touser's home directory
- Copy and Move/Rename dialogs now include filename to make it easier to renamea file
- Files which have successfully been copied/moved/deleted/... are now unmarked
- Selecting a folder with ALT+F1/F2 sets focus to the corresponding panel
- Improved quicksearch (error-tolerant)
- 'Hide' button in progress dialogs to minimize muCommander
- ESC in location field now restores current location
- Viewer and Editor windows size
- Default 'Save As' filename in editor
- Wait mouse cursor when changing folder
- 'Command prompt' window under Win32 doesn't show up anymore
- Toolbar icons' border not painted anymore under OS X
- Performance improved on local filesystems

Bug fixes:
- "Drive Not Ready" Windows bug on startup fixed, application loadsmuch faster now
- Location path inside zip/jar archives fixed
- Properties dialog display bug
- Bug in "File may be too large to be viewed... Yes/No" dialog
- Fixed bug with directories ending with .zip or .jar
- Fixed initial size problem under OS X on 800x600 or smaller displays
- Fixed minimum size problem under OS X

v0.3 [May 8, 2002] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Simple text viewer and editor
- Icon toolbar
- 'Go Back' and 'Go Forward' actions
- ALT+Enter displays file properties
- New 'Mark' and 'View' menus
- 'Swap panels' action
- 'Set same folder' action
- 'Mark all', 'Unmark all' actions
- Arrow showing sort order on panel
- Panels can be expanded/collapsed
- Tooltip shows full name/size/date when string is truncated
- CTRL+Left/CTRL+Right cycles through windows
- Backspace key goes up to parent folder
- New 'About' window with useless animation

Improvements: - Root folders combo box's behavior improved under JDK/JRE 1.4
- Parent folder gets selected after going up (..)
- '..' parent folder can now be quick-searched
- Escape key location field cancels operation
- 'Keys' list categorized
- +, -, * now works only on num keypad

Bug fixes:
- Fixed initial divider location bug under JDK/JRE 1.4
- Fixed focus lost when switching window under JDK/JRE 1.4
- Fixed bug when copying/moving a single file and the destination is a file which already exists
- Fixed focus problems in dialogs
- Fixed uncaught exception when entering a non-existent file path in location field
- Turned off screen menu bar under Mac OS X that seems muCommander to crash when switching windows

v0.2 [Mar 14, 2002] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

New features:
- Multiple windows support: open a new window with ALT+N or File->New Window and recall opened windows with ALT+1, ALT+2... or through the 'Window' menu.
- Quicksearch: type in the first letter(s) of a filename to select it.
- Files can be marked/unmarked with the right mouse button.
- New options: Skip all, Append all, Overwrite all, Overwrite older when a file already exists in destination.
- Enabled hardware acceleration under Mac OS X with Java 1.3.1 update 1.

Improvements:
- Keyboard focus in dialogs largely improved (especially under MacOS X).
- Escape key can be used in dialogs to cancel operation.
- 'File already exists' dialog gives information (size, date) about source and destination files.
- Current file path shortened in Move/Copy/Delete progress window (relative path is now used instead of absolute).
- File size formatted with comma characters.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed move bug that happened when cancelling a move operation after a 'file already exists' dialog, it would still try to move parent folders.
- Fixed repaint bug that sometimes happened when a folder contents was updated or changed and contained less files than before.
- Prevents user from moving files to a folder which is itself marked (inconsistent operation).
- Dialogs size now constrained to more rationnal values.

v0.1 [Feb 17, 2002] Windows - Mac OS X - Unix

Initial release. Fully functional version with basic commander features.
ZIP and JAR file support (read-only).